vishal bra-burner

besides the fact that he's an accomplished dialogue/screenplay writer, adapter of shakespeare, composer, director, lyricist... damn... now a singer too, there's another reason to like vishal bhardwaj. he is also a believer in the equality of the sexes.

for proof, recall the scene in omkara where mr. omi is crushing out sugarcane juice. as he twists the cog of the mill, his pectorals strain with the effort and etch themselves against his dark chocolate skin, and his waxed-clean naked torso gleams in the sun with beads of sweat. it is a beautiful, real body - lean and strong, not a body pumped up on hormones, that suits a comic superhero better than a real man.

with that scene, mr. bhardwaj deftly reversed the direction of the Gaze that had been focused on the female body for as long as there have been movies.

thank you. thank you.